Three Brains - Thinking to Doing to Being (Joe Dispenza)
Summary
TLDRThe script delves into the human brain's three functional regions: the neocortex, the limbic system, and the cerebellum. It explains how these regions interact, with the neocortex being the center of conscious thought, the limbic system governing emotions, and the cerebellum housing the subconscious mind. The narrative emphasizes the brain's ability to change through learning and experiences, highlighting the concept of 'neurons that fire together, wire together.' It illustrates how memories are formed, emotions are linked to experiences, and how metacognition allows us to modify our behavior. The script concludes with the transformative power of embodying knowledge through repeated experiences, leading to a state of being where compassion and other virtues become ingrained habits.
Takeaways
- 🧠 The human brain is composed of three distinct 'brains' with different functions: the neocortex (thinking), the limbic system (emotions), and the cerebellum (subconscious).
- 🌟 The neocortex is the most evolved part of the brain, responsible for conscious awareness and learning through new synaptic connections.
- 🔄 Learning and memory are linked to the formation and maintenance of these synaptic connections, with the principle 'neurons that fire together, wire together'.
- 💡 Neuron networks are groups of interconnected neurons that form around ideas, memories, experiences, and behaviors, which can be observed as electrical impulses in the brain.
- 💭 The mind is defined as the brain in action, with our thoughts and actions capable of changing the brain's structure and function.
- 🌱 Experiences shape the brain's circuitry and can trigger the release of chemicals associated with emotions, such as the feeling of love or stress.
- 🔑 Metacognition is the ability to observe and modify one's own behaviors and thoughts, allowing for self-improvement and adaptation.
- 🔄 Stress can be triggered by both real and imagined threats, activating the body's fight-or-flight response, which can be harmful if not managed properly.
- 📚 Applying knowledge from experiences, like reading a book, can lead to the formation of new neural networks and the development of new behaviors.
- 🧐 The frontal lobe plays a crucial role in self-awareness and can help to silence old thought patterns while promoting new, healthier behaviors.
- 🌈 Practicing new behaviors repeatedly can lead to long-term changes in the brain, embodying knowledge and creating new habits that become part of one's identity.
Q & A
What are the three brains mentioned in the script, and what are their primary functions?
-The three brains mentioned are the neocortex (the thinking brain), the limbic brain (the emotional brain), and the cerebellum (the reptilian brain). The neocortex is responsible for conscious awareness and learning, the limbic brain regulates internal chemical order and emotions, and the cerebellum is the oldest part, associated with the subconscious mind.
How many neurons are estimated to be in the human brain, and what is a comparison to illustrate this number?
-The human brain is estimated to have about 100 billion neurons. To illustrate this number, if you stacked 100 billion sheets of paper, the stack would be 5,000 miles high, which is the approximate distance from Los Angeles to London.
What is the process of learning according to the script, and how does it affect the brain physically?
-Learning is described as forging new synaptic connections in the neocortex. Each time new information is learned, the brain physically changes by creating new connections, which is how the brain upscales its hardware to reflect a new level of mind.
What is the neuroscientific definition of 'mind' as presented in the script?
-The neuroscientific definition of 'mind' is the brain in action, the brain at work, or what the brain does. It is the result of the seamless coordination of 100 billion neurons firing in different sequences, patterns, and combinations.
How does the script explain the formation of memories in relation to experiences?
-Memories are formed when the brain processes information from an experience that alters the internal chemical state. This change prompts the brain to pay attention and store the event as a memory, especially if it is significant or causes a strong emotional response.
What is the role of the limbic brain in the process of remembering and forgetting?
-The limbic brain, or the emotional brain, is responsible for regulating emotions and internal chemical order. It plays a role in remembering by producing chemicals that help encode experiences as memories. Forgetting can occur when new neural pathways are formed that overwrite or diminish the old ones, leading to the loss of certain memories.
How does the script describe the process of changing one's mind or behavior through learning and application of knowledge?
-The script describes this process as taking intellectual or philosophical understanding and applying it through actions, which may require modifying behavior. This application leads to the formation of new neural networks and the breakdown of old ones, effectively changing the mind and behavior.
What is the concept of 'metacognition' as mentioned in the script?
-Metacognition is the ability to observe and be aware of one's own cognitive processes. It involves paying attention to how one is reacting and feeling, which allows for the modification of behaviors to improve one's life.
How does the script explain the physiological response to stress and its potential impact on health?
-The script explains that stress occurs when the body is knocked out of homeostasis or balance. The stress response prepares the body for fight or flight, but if this response is continuously activated and not turned off, it can lead to disease.
What is the significance of the frontal lobe in the process of changing one's self and behavior?
-The frontal lobe is the seat of awareness and the 'home' of the self. It acts like a volume control, lowering the volume of old neural circuits connected to the past self and facilitating the creation of new circuits that align with the desired self, thus helping to change one's behavior and identity.
How does the script relate the process of embodying knowledge through compassion to changes in genetic expression?
-The script suggests that when one experiences compassion, the body chemically understands what the mind intellectually comprehends. This emotional experience can lead to changes in genetic expression through the signaling of neuropeptides, effectively altering the individual's biological makeup.
Outlines
🧠 The Human Brain's Three Functional Layers
This paragraph introduces the concept of the human brain as a complex system with three distinct yet interconnected parts, each serving a unique function. The neocortex, described as the outermost layer, is the most recently evolved and is responsible for conscious thought and learning. The limbic system, or the 'chemical brain,' governs emotions and internal chemical balance. The cerebellum, the oldest part, is associated with subconscious processes. The script also highlights the brain's capacity for neuroplasticity, emphasizing that learning and memory formation involve the creation and maintenance of synaptic connections, leading to physical changes in the brain.
🌱 The Impact of Experiences on Memory and Emotion
The second paragraph delves into how experiences, particularly those that are emotionally charged, can have a profound impact on memory formation. It explains that the limbic system is responsible for translating experiences into emotions, which can be remembered vividly. The script contrasts memorable events with routine activities that do not stimulate the brain as much. It also touches on the concept of stress and how it can be triggered by thoughts alone, affecting the body's physiological response.
🔄 Metacognition and the Power of Intention
This paragraph discusses the process of metacognition, which is the ability to observe and reflect on one's own thoughts and feelings. It describes how the frontal lobe can act as a control mechanism to modulate behaviors associated with the old self. The script introduces the idea of using knowledge from reading to influence one's actions and emotions, leading to the creation of new neural pathways that support a desired state of mind, such as compassion. It also explains how persistence in focusing on a new thought can strengthen its neural circuitry, eventually leading to a change in behavior and mindset.
🌟 Embodiment of Knowledge and Habit Formation
The final paragraph emphasizes the importance of embodying knowledge through repeated experiences that lead to the formation of habits. It explains that by practicing compassion and other positive behaviors, one can change their genetic expression and create a new identity. The script highlights the role of the cerebellum in making behaviors automatic and ingrained, leading to a state of being that is resilient to external influences. It concludes by suggesting that personal transformation can inspire others to do the same, thus contributing to a broader societal change.
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Keywords
💡Neocortex
💡Limbic System
💡Cerebellum
💡Neurons
💡Synaptic Connections
💡Neuroplasticity
💡Metacognition
💡Stress Response
💡Compassion
💡Epigenetics
💡State of Being
Highlights
The human brain is composed of three distinct 'brains' with unique functions: the neocortex, the limbic system, and the cerebellum.
The neocortex, or 'thinking brain,' is highly evolved and specialized in humans, responsible for conscious awareness and learning.
The limbic system, or 'emotional brain,' regulates internal chemical order and is linked to emotions and memory.
The cerebellum, the 'reptilian brain,' is the oldest part, associated with subconscious mind functions.
The brain is made up of approximately 100 billion neurons capable of storing and communicating information.
Learning involves creating new synaptic connections in the neocortex, which physically changes the brain.
Neurological principle: 'Nerve cells that fire together wire together,' shaping our cerebral architecture.
Memories are maintained and sustained synaptic connections, strengthened through repetition.
Neuron networks form as groups of neurons that fire and wire together, representing ideas, memories, or behaviors.
The mind is defined as the brain in action, reflecting what the brain does and how it works.
Experiences enrich the brain's circuitry and produce emotions, creating long-lasting memories.
Stress can activate the body's fight-or-flight response, even through thoughts alone, affecting health.
Metacognition allows us to observe and modify our behaviors based on self-awareness.
The frontal lobe acts as a control for our awareness, helping to silence old thought patterns and promote new ones.
Neuroplasticity allows us to change our mind by rewiring our brain through new experiences and thoughts.
Compassion can be learned and embodied through repeated practice, changing our genetic expression.
The cerebellum plays a role in automatic behaviors and skills, becoming second nature through repetition.
Sustaining a state of being, such as compassion, can transform our lives and potentially the world.
Transcripts
[Music]
good
afternoon now we have three brains that
allow us to go from thinking to doing to
being each brain is its own individual
bioom computer with its own anatomy and
own circuitry its own physiology and
chemistry they even have their own
history as well as their own sense of
time and space now the first brain the
neocortex it's the newest brain in
evolution it's that walnut-shaped
structure that sits on the outside with
all of its folds and valleys in yellow
there it's the newest the most evolved
and highly specialized in human beings
right under the neocortex is called the
limic brain the chemical brain the
emotional brain or the mamelon brain
it's about the size of a lemon and it's
responsible for regulating internal
chemical order right in the back of the
brain stem there in in red is called the
cerebellum The Reptilian Brain it's the
oldest brain in evolution it's the seat
of the subconscious mind now your brain
is made up of about a 100 billion
neurons if you took a 100 billion sheets
of paper and stacked them on top of each
other it would be 5,000 mil High that's
the distance from Los Angeles to London
now nerve cell possess the unique
ability to store and communicate
information between each other so your
neocortex your thinking brain is the
seat of your conscious awareness you're
listening to me right now with your
neocortex and what the neocortex loves
to do is to gather information and every
time you learn something new you make a
new synaptic Connection in your thinking
brain that's what learning is learning
is forging new connections and every
time you learn something new your brain
physically
changes so you read a book on how to
ride a bicycle you read a book on how to
build a dog housee you read a book on
how to dance the salsa how to cook
French cuisine how to become successful
how to be a better parent and your brain
literally upscales it upscales its
Hardware to reflect a new level of mind
the principle in Neuroscience says this
nerve cells that fire together wire
together and as you begin to learn new
information you biologically wire that
information into your cerebral
architecture so if learning is making
new synaptic connections then
remembering is maintaining and
sustaining those connections and just
like any relationship the more you
communicate the more bonded you become
and neurons are exactly the same way now
once these neurons begin to Fire and
wire together
they actually form networks what
neuroscientists called neuron networks
now neuron networks are just gangs of
neurons that have fired and wired
together to form a community of neuros
synaptic connections it could be related
to an idea a concept A Memory experience
a skill or behavior and
action but these networks actually have
an electrochemical component and if you
want to see mind in action watch this
that's a thought right there again so
you generate more electrical impulses in
your brain in one day than all the cell
phones on the planet put together now
the neuroscientific definition of mind
is mind is the brain in action mind is
the brain at work mind is what the brain
does and because we have a 100 billion
neurons seamlessly piece together we can
make the brain fire in different
sequences different patterns and
different combinations and whenever we
make the brain work differently we're
changing our mind so once you've
understood something intellectually
theoretically once you've understood
something philosophically if you take
what you intellectually learned in your
thinking brain and you apply it you
personalize it you demonstrate it it
means you're going to have to modify
your behavior in some way and if you
change your actions and you do something
differently you're going to have a new
experience now when you're in the midst
of an experience everything you're
seeing and smelling and tasting and
feeling and hearing all of your five
senses are gathering this Vital
Information from the environment and as
you begin to process all this
information and it's rushing back to
your brain jungles of neurons begin to
organize themselves into pattern the
moment those neurons string into place
the brain releases a chemical and and
that chemical is called a feeling or an
emotion so experience then enriches the
circuitry in your brain neurologically
but then it produces a chemical that's
released in the second brain called the
limic brain or the emotional brain so
you can remember your first kiss you
could remember graduating from college
you can remember the birth of your first
child you could remember finishing a
marathon you can remember catching a
fish off the coast of Mexico and then
taking it home and cooking it and
drinking some really good wine that
tastes good and feeling the ocean breeze
on your face and seeing the sunset and
we could say that you were altered from
that
experience the problem is you can't
remember what you had for dinner the
night before that's because routine
lulls the brain to
sleep so a great example of this then is
most Americans can remember exactly
where they were at 9/11 you can tell me
who you were with what time of day it
was and what you were doing we could say
then when you were in the midst of that
moment or that experience everything you
were seeing and hearing changed your
internal chemical State and the moment
you felt altered in some way internally
your brain perked up and you paid
attention to whoever or whatever caused
it and that event in and of itself is
called a
memory now let's say you read the book
called from forgiveness to compassion to
unconditional love and this book had
inspired you so much so that you decided
to read it
twice and as you began to review this
information in your mind and contemplate
on it and
self-reflect you begin to cause those
neurons to form into networks to reflect
a new level of mind you find yourself in
the shower thinking about it you're
driving to work and you're contemplating
these
Concepts you begin to talk to your
friends about what you learn and you're
beginning to develop long-term
relationships in those
neurons and all of a sudden you're
moving around your office and you're
saying you know you need to be more
compassionate you know wow and someone
else you say you need to
forgive everybody is impressed with your
knowledge they're knocking on your
office door and they're asking you to
administer to them and you're resolving
everybody's problems things are going
really
well and all of a sudden you're driving
home from work and you get a call on
your cell phone and it's your
spouse and your spouse tells you that
they forgot to mention in the morning
that it's your mother-in-law's birthday
and you pull over on the side of the
road and you think I hate my mother and
law she hurt my feelings 10 years ago
she tells the same stories over and over
again and you begin to remember that you
had some pretty stressful moments that
branded you emotionally from your past
with your
mother-in-law now stress is when your
body is knocked out of
homeostasis stress is when your body is
knocked out of balance now when you see
a lion you begin to turn on A Primitive
nervous system but it doesn't even have
to be a lion a lion you could see your
mother-in-law and it produces the same
exact effect now let's go one step
further it doesn't even have to be the
physical appearance of your
mother-in-law you can begin to think
about certain things and auto suggest
and you can turn on the stress response
just by thought
alone now your body is your unconscious
mind it does not know the difference
between the actual experience in reality
that produces the emotion and the
emotion that you fabricate by thought
alone to the body it believes it's in
that experience so the moment the lyic
brain begins to make blend of
neuropeptides it begins to Signal the
hormonal centers and you get a rush of
energy to prepare you for this event
real or imagined now moment that happens
you become altered in some way fight ORF
flight nervous system causes your P
pupils to dilate your mouth gets a
little dry all of a sudden your heart
rate begins to change your respiratory
rate changes and blood is being sent to
your extremities and now you're prepared
to either do battle with your
mother-in-law or never go to the dinner
to stay and run stay and fight or to run
now what was once highly adaptive all of
a sudden is now
maladaptive because when we turn on the
stress response and we can't turn it off
now we're headed for
disease so then you're sitting on the
side of the road and then you
think I read the book on
compassion damn the moment you begin to
think
about what you have to do something very
natural happens you begin to think about
what you were thinking about you begin
to pay attention to how you're reacting
you begin to notice is how you're
feeling and that Concept in Neuroscience
is called metacognition we can observe
who we're being and because we can
observe who we're being it means we
could modify our behaviors to do a
better job in life so now the frontal
lobe is the seat of your awareness it's
the home of the you and the me and as
you begin to think about who you no
longer want to be the frontal lobe acts
like a volume control and it begins to
lower the volume in the circuits in your
brain that are connected to the old self
and as it begins to silence those
circuits that are connected to the old
level of mind that level of mind no
longer fires and you're observing it
instead of participating in it and as
you begin to silence those circuits
nerve cells that no longer fire together
no longer wire together and you begin to
biologically break down the circuits in
your brain that are connected to the old
self and to the old mind now as you're
sitting on the side of the road you
think what piece of knowledge could I
apply in this situation from what I
learned in the book and as you begin to
plan your actions and you begin to think
about a new way of being and you begin
to put yourself into the equation your
brain naturally begins to fire in new
sequences and new patterns and new
combinations and whenever you make your
brain work differently you're changing
your mind because mind is the brain in
action and as the brain begins to fire
in new ways and you produce a new level
of Mind nerve cells that fire together
wire together and you begin to install
the neurological Hardware ahead of the
actual experience and now you have
circuits in place to use when you get
into that
dinner so now as you ask yourself what
is compassion and you begin to remember
all these different things that you
learned in the book The frontal lobe
like a great Symphony leader begins to
synchronize these circuits and when it
begins to produce a certain level of
coherence a certain level of mind your
brain naturally creates a hologram or an
image and that image then becomes the
internal representation of what you are
going to use when you walk in to that
dinner we would call that intention now
there's a very very unique Shuffle that
kind of goes on microscopically between
uh different circuits in your brain
you're trying to fire this new thought
called compassion but remember you fired
and wired all these other circuits based
on the last 10 years so as you're
beginning to fire this new thought all
these other thoughts are saying you hate
your mother-in-law you don't want to go
to that dinner why don't you start
tomorrow this isn't a good time to do
this
but if you persist with a certain amount
of amplitude and you put your attention
behind that thought sooner or later that
thought will be the strongest and
loudest voice in your head now the
moment that becomes the loudest voice in
your head the brain has to seal that
circuit more
permanently so when the action potential
is firing down the neuron from the pr
synaptic cleft to the post synaptic
cleft there's a glue that seals the
circuit called neurog growth factor and
it travels in the opposite direction but
there's only a certain amount of that
neural growth factor to go around so it
starts to steal the glue from the
neighboring circuits and when that
happens there goes your memory of your
mother-in-law hurting your feelings 10
years ago there goes the thought that
you hate her there goes the impatience
there goes the intolerance and the only
signal now traveling to that neuron is
called
compassion now every place where one
neuron connects with another neuron is a
memory when this happens you begin to
biologically and neurologically prune
away the old memory of the old self and
this is the science of changing your
mind if you want to see what it looks
like in real time let's try that again
you want to see what it looks like in
real time unhooking from the old self
reconnecting to the new self this can
happen in
moments now you get back on the road you
make your U-turn you're heading to the
dinner you're reminding yourself who you
no longer want to be silencing those
circuits in the brain you begin to think
about who you do want to be based on the
knowledge you've learned and you're
priming your brain ahead of the actual
experience you walk into the dinner and
you get your behaviors to match your
intentions you get your actions equal to
your thoughts you get your mind and body
working together and you do exactly what
the book says the moment that happens
all of a sudden you feel compassion now
the moment your heart begins to open and
you feel compassion you are teaching
your body emotionally to understand what
your mind intellectually understood you
see knowledge is for the mind but
experiences for the body and when we
begin to experience compassion now we
are embodying knowledge the word is
becoming flesh and the lyic Brain makes
a new batch of peptides that signals the
body and you begin to literally change
your genetic expression because there's
new information coming to the Gene and
epigenetically we signal genes from the
environment and you're changing the
fabric of you because you're instructing
your body chemically to understand what
your mind is intellectually and
philosophically understood but it's not
enough to do it once you can't forgive
your mother-in-law one time and expect
to be on the stained glass windows in
church you got to be able to repeat the
EXP experience you got to be able to do
it over and over again you have to do it
so many times that you no longer have to
think about it and when you do it over
and over again you
neurochemically condition the body to
memorize compassion as well as the
conscious mind and when that happens
when the mind and body are working
together or the body knows as well as
the mind you activate that third brain
called the cerebellum the seed of your
subconscious mind you've practiced it so
many times that you know how but you
don't know how you know how it's
automatic it's second nature it's easy
it's a habit it's a skill it's an
automatic behavior and when you get to
this level of memorizing an internal
chemical order a level of innate now
it's so innate in you that it's who you
are when you get to that point where no
person no thing no experience can remove
you from it because you have sustained
this level of coherence now you're in a
state of
being and so the way we transform the
world is we transform ourselves and when
we're in that state of being we give
people permission to do the same thanks
for
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